4.89 crore voters to exercise franchise during Lok Sabha polls

TNN | Updated: Apr 26, 2019, 14:10 IST

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JAIPUR: There is an increase of 3.53 lakh voters in Rajasthan since the publication of final roll on February 22, taking the total number of voters in the state to 4.89 crore ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Also, the total number of critical polling stations stood at 11,234. According to the data released by the state election department on Thursday, the total young voters (18-19 age group) in the state have gone up by one lakh voters, taking the total to 13.82 lakh voters, which is still 1.76% of total population in the state, much below the national average of 4.27%. The total number of male electors are 2.55 crore and female are 2.33 crore in the state. The number of service voters has also gone up by 13,288 taking the total figure to 1.37 lakh. The number of transgender voters have gone up from 205 to 267. In Jaipur, the total voters are 21.27 lakh and in Jaipur rural it is 19.52 lakh voters. The total electors in Rajasthan as per the final roll published on February 22 was 4.86 crore. The number of male voters was 2.52 crore and female voters was 2.32 crore.

The number of electors who would vote in the first phase, scheduled on April 29 are 2.57crore voters and in the second phase, to be held on May 6, 2.31 crore electors would vote in the state. The total number of control units to be used for the Lok Sabha polls in the state are 65,140; the number of ballot units are 79,654 and 71,807 VVPATs.